Fireplace Makeover

After three years of living in this house and seeing an ugly fireplace every day of my life, I took the plunge(thanks to a little encouragement from my lovely neighbor who also tired of her drab fireplace).

"Oh don't paint it..." people cautioned, "the stone has such charm!" I disagreed. I know that perhaps one day someone else will live in this house and will wish the stone was still au natural, but they don't live here right now. I do. I say goodbye ugly 80's and hello white. I love the power of white paint. This took about three coats of white Kilz and a lot of patience. The ends definitely justified the means. The best part about this dramatic change is that it cost less than 20$!